Egyptian president in Greece for energy and security talks
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is in Athens for a two-day visit that will focus on energy and shipping, as financially troubled Greece seeks economic...
Gunmen kidnap at least 26 Qatari nationals in Iraqi desert
About 100 gunmen kidnapped at least 26 Qataris from their desert hunting camp in Iraq near the Saudi border in the early hours of...
Britain says will take UN report on Yemen war "extremely seriously"
Britain said on Thursday it would take "extremely seriously" the findings of a United Nations report which says British military ally Saudi Arabia could...
Syria's Assad flies to Moscow to thank Russia's Putin for air strikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit...
ISIS claim suicide attack at Egypt police club that kills 3
A suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives at the main gate of a police club in the restive northern part of the...
Egypt: 16 killed, 3 hurt in firebomb attack at nightclub
A firebomb attack on a nightclub in Cairo early Friday killed 16 people and wounded three others, authorities said.
Police were looking for two young...
Gulf states plan to roll out VAT in 3 years
Gulf states have agreed on key issues for implementing value-added tax in the region, an official from the United Arab Emirates finance ministry said...
Japan is boosted as the Dollar strengthens and crude climbs almost one percent in...
Japanese stocks rallied as the dollar strengthened in holiday-thinned trade Monday, with most markets across Asia closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
A report...
Foreign Policy lists Deputy Crown Prince among 2015’s top influencers
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, has been listed by US magazine Foreign Policy as being one...
Release of jailed Turkish journalists is 'defeat' for Erdogan
The release of two prominent Turkish journalists following a ruling by Turkey's top court that their rights had been violated is a "clear defeat"...
